Golf-score register



Dec. 1927. 1,651,558

C. M. SHERIDAN GOLF scons REGISTER Original Filed Sept. 4, 1925 2Sheets-Sheet l IMM wzozwm m m Dec. 6, 1927. 1,651,558

c. M. SHERIDAN GOLF SCORE REGISTER Original Filed Sept. 4, 1925 2Sheet-Sheebg Patented Dec. 6, 1927.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.-

CHARLOTTE M. SHERIDAN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

GOLF-SCORE REGISTER.

'vice consisting of certain peculiarities ofconstruction, novelarrangement and com bination of the various parts thereof as will behereinafter more fully set forth and specifinally claimed.

A further object of the invention is to .provide a device of the abovementioned general character whereby a pair of numeral hands rotate abouta dial, one being in the nature of a totalizer which registers the totalscores for the game, and the other being provided to register the numberof strokes for a given hole. The advantage of using a second hand forthis purpose resides in the I fact that it provides-an indication of thestrokes for any one hole as the strokes are made and eliminatesinaccuracies in keeping the score due to forgetting, when finishing theplay for this hole, the number of strokes that were taken.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be disclosed in thefollowing description and appended claims.

In theaccompanying drawings, which serve to illustrate an embodiment ofmy invention,

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a golf score register embodying myinvention showing a portion of the strap which encircles the wrist ofthe user.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the device;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail view showing the coverremoved and a teriormechanism;

Fig. 4 is a similar view, but omitting a spider member which exerts aspring pressure to hold the toothed wheels of each numeral hand infrictional contact with each other so as to rotate in unison;

Fig. 5 is a cross sectional view taken on line 5 5 of Fig. 4;

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the -toothed portion of the in wheelimpartin a rotary motion to both numeral hands w en registering thescore of the several holes of a course and the score for each hole; and

Fig. 7 is a similar view of a toothed wheel adapted to be rotated in areverse direction to reset the numeral hand registering the score foreach individual hole back to zero on the dial.

Referring more particularly to the drawings wherein I have shown apreferred embodiment of my invention, a casing 1 in the form of a watchcase is providedwith lateral lugs 2 for receiving a strap 3 providedwith the usual buckle 4 at one end and apertures at the other'which areemployed to secure the strap about the' wrist of the wearer.

Itwill be noted in Fig. 1 that a dial 5 is provided with any desirednumber of divisions thereon for registering the total score of severalholes of a course and also the score of each individual hole as played.

Actuators in the form of axial movable hands 8 and 9 to zero position.It is up parent, of course, that the device will be in this position atthe start of any game. By referring to the other figures of the drawing,it will be noted that a pair of concentrically arranged superimposedWheels 10 and 11 are provided in casing 1. The periphery of each wheelmay be furnished with teeth. It is desirable to provide a greater numberof ,teethon wheel 10 than on wheel 11. A stem 12 is adapted to extendoutwardly from wheel 10 while a pin 13 arranged in the same relationextends outwardly from wheel 11. The interior diameter of hollow stem 12is slightly larger than the diameter of pin 13 so that when pin 13 isextended in stem 12, each may. rotate independently of the other. Itwill be notedin Fig. 5 that wheel 11 is placed below wheel 10 and thatthe reduced end 14 of pin 13 carries the large numeral hand 9 above dial5. The reduced end 15 of stem 12 carries the small numeral hand 8. Themeans provided to carry the wheels 10 and 11 within casing 1 serves alsoto exert a pressure against these wheels so as to hold them infrictional contact with each other during the registering of the score.A fiat plate 16 may be pressed in the casing 1 and provided with anaperture 17 through which the stem 12 passes. This means may be in theform of a spring spider 18 held in position by screws 19 which threadinto plate 16. The spider 18 bears against wheel 11 at-the pointdesignated 20. -This pressure is sufcient to provide a frictionalcontact which will permit both wheels to move in unison when the largerwheel 10 is actuated.

The actuating means may be in the form of a spring element 22 fastenedat 28 to a lug 24, struck up from plate 16. By referring to Fig. 3, itwill be noted that the lefthand end of spring element 22 is providedwith a hump 25 which bears against the actuator stem 6. The free end ofspring element 22 at the left-hand side is adapted to engage the teethof wheel 10 and serve in effect as a pawl for actuating this wheel. Theopposite side of spring element 22 is likewise provided with a hump 26which is engaged by the actuator stem 7. The free end of this side ofspring element 22 is also in the form of a pawl 28 which engages theteeth of wheel 11. Pawls 28 and 29 of spring element 22 are so arrangedthat actuation thereof will provide reverse rotation of wheels 10 and11. A spring detent 30 is fixed at 31 to a lug 32, also struck up fromplate 6 to prevent reverse rotation of wheel 10 when wheel 11 isrotated. The purpose of operating wheel 11 by means of stem 7 is toreset the large hand 9 to zero position as each hole is played, therebykeeping an individual record of the score of each hole. When hand 9 isbrought to zero position, a pin 35 extending upwardly from wheel 11 isadapted to engage an elongated depression 36 on the spring spider 18.

It will be noted that by merely depressing each stem 6 and 7, it ispossible to actuate both hands 8 and 9. The detail construction of thesestems has been shown in Fig. 5. The inner end may be provided with ahead or enlarged portion 37 so as to prevent the stems from beingwithdrawn from casing 1. The shank 38 of each stem is adapted to slidewithin a projection 3 9 formed on casin 1. It will be understood, ofcourse, that t e structural details of this stem may be varied withoutdeparting from the scope of the resent invention. The operation of mevice will now be described. Assuming that the hands are in the startingposition, such as has been shown in Fig. 1, the stem 6 is depressed eachtime a stroke is made. The inner end of stem 6 presses against the hump25 and causes the end 29 to successively engage the teeth of wheel 10.The wheel 10 is thereby rotated to cause a step by step rotation of bothhands 8 and 9. As soon as the first hole has been played, the stem 7 isthen depressed so as to bring the large hand 9 back to zero. Depressionof stem 7 engages hump 26 to cause end 28 to rotate wheel 11. Thisrotation is, of course, in a-reverse direction with reference to therotation of wheel 10. The frictional contact which existed when bothhands were rotated by the wheel 10 is now broken to permit this smallerwheel 11 to rotate independently of wheel 10. The detent 30 looks wheel10 against reverse rotation. It will thus be observed from the abovedescription that a novel form of golf register is provided which willaccurately register the number of strokes of all the holes of a singlecourse and at the same time accurately register the number of strokesplayed for a single hole.-

It will be apparent that various strucstural details may be varied andthat various modifications may be made without departing from the scopeof my invention.

I claim:

1. A golf score register having a pair of independent numeral hands forregistering the total score for the several holes of a course and thescore for each individual hole, an operator for each hand, a pair ofsuperimposed rotatably mounted toothed disks connected to said hands,resilient spring means operated by the actuation of said operators torotate said disks to cause a step by step rotation of said numeralhands, frictional means for placing the disk of each numeral hand incooperation with the other to move said numeral hands in unison by oneof the operators in registering the score of the several holes and ofthe individual holes, and detent means extending inwardly to engage aprojection on one of said disks whereby to serve as a stop when saidother operator resets the number hand registering the score ofindividual holes back to zero.

2. A golf score register having a pair of independent numeral hands forregistering the total score for the several holes of a course andthe'score for each individual hole, an operator for each hand,concentrically arranged superimposed rotatable wheels connected to saidhands, an integral spring member having its free ends comprising pawlmembers operated by the actuation of said operators for engaging teethon the periphery of said wheels to cause a step by step rotation of saidnumeral hands, said pawl members being resiliently mounted to returnsaid operators to normal position,

means for holdin said wheels frietionally interlocked Where y one ofsaid operators will move both numeral hands in registering the totalscore of the several holes and of each individual hole, the otheroperator serving to reverse the rotation of one of said wheels to resetone of said numeral hands,

and means for locking the other .wheel agalnst reverse rotation toovercome sald CHARLOTTE M; SHERIDAN.

